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Delegate Koss, that you come forward to the desk that you

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occupy when presenting your committee report, and if Mr.

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Smolka, the staff adviser, can take the desk next to her

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I think we wvill be in better shape.

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Delegate Penniman.

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: As you will see, there

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are very few changes that have been made by the Committee

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on Style, Drafting and Arrangement in S&E-1 and 2.

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In 2.01 there is established a definition of a

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qualified voter who is one who shall meet all the qualifi-

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cations which are laid down in the constitution and who is

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also registered, so the crucial thing is the use of the

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word "qualified", that "qualified" does include registered.

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Section 2.02 is, with slight modifications,

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the provision which came from the floor which was an

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amendment to the original provisions which came to the

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floor from the committee and which has certain consequences

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for the provisions in 2.05 relating to the opportunity

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of municipal corporations to allow property owners who

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are not residents of a municipality to vote, hut I will

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mention this again in 2.05.

There is nothing in 2.03 or 2.04 which is